Photographic camera.



No. 695,527. Patented Mar. I8, |902. E. D. BARTLETT.

PHOTOGRAPHIE CAMERA.

(Application filed Nov. 14, 1901.? (No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet I.

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Patented Mar. I8, i902,

EVD. BARTLETT. PHOTOERAPHIC CAMERA.

(Applicstion led Nov. 1Q, 1901.)

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PHOTOGRAPHIE CAMERA.

(Application filed Nov. 14, 1901.) (No Model.) l 3 Sheets-Sheet 3.

Unirse STATES PATENT nalen.

lEDlVlN DREV BARTLETT, OF SOUTH TOTTENIlAlll, ENGLAND.

PHoToeRAPi-uo CAMERA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,527, dated March 18, 1902.

Original application filed April 22, 1901, S'erial No. 56,963. Divided and this application iiled November 14, 1901. Serial T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, EDWIN DREW BART- LETT, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Si Tynemouth road, South Tottenham, in the county of Middlesex, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Photographic Cameras, of which the following is a specification. l

rlhis invention relates to improvements in photographic cameras, and is especially intended for use with the improved magazine film-holder described in my United States application, Serial No. 56,963, liled April 22, 1901.

According to one part of this invention provision is made for securing the correct focus for all the Afilms upon the magazine-holder, said provision being rendered necessary for accurate work owing to the varying distances of the films from the lens.

In order to enable the invention to be readily understood, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a side elevation of a camera constructed with the said improvements. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the said camera. Fig. 3 is a cross-section upon the line lll lll, 3, looking toward the lens and showing the spool in elevation. Fig. 1i is a similar view upon the line lV lV, Fig. 3, looking toward the lens. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section upon the line V V, Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar or corresponding parts throughout the drawings.

The flat spool A provided with a central slot or aperture Ali, Fig. 2, for mounting it upon a spindle in the camera. The slot or aperture is preferably constructed by deeply channeling the spool upon one of its faces and closing the channel by a strip A13, havin g a concave under surface. The anges of the spool are provided with holes corresponding to the slot or aperture so formed. The flanges and spool are also provided with means, such as recesses AG Ai', to enable the spool to be engaged with a turning mechanism in the camera.

The spool A is mounted in the camera upon a spindle A, which has a bearing B B at each side of the camera C. The bearing B consists (No model.)

of a dished plate B2, which is let into the side of the camera and may be secured byscrews thereto. A boss orjournal A2, formed on the spindle A", runs in the central hole of the plate B2, and upon the said boss is fixed or formed integral therewith a disk or iiange A3, havingI upon one face inwardly-projecting pins A4 A5 for engaging with the recesses AU AT in the end of the spool A. The other face of the dish or flange A3 bears against the plate B2 and serves to give support to the spindle, the latter being further secured and supported by means of a Washer AS, forced tightly onto the end of the spindle A, so as to bear against the opposite side of the dished plate B2. A thumb-plate or equivalent device A9 may be keyed tothe end of the spindle for the purpose of turning the same, and by the engagement of the pins A1A5 with the recesses A A7 in the spool the turning of the latter is effected. The bearing B' is formed in a narrow door C' in the side of. the camera. This door is removable to permit of the insertion of the spool into the camera, as hereinafter described.

As will be seen by reference to Fig. 2, the outside iilms are nearer to the lens Gfa of the camera C than those lying near to the spool A, and the following means are provided for securingfor all the films the same focus: rihe front part C3 of the camera C is made movable, and a square tube C, equal in length to the correct distance to bemaintained between lens and film, is iixed to Idie front portion C3 and can slide in suitable guides within the camera; Springs C, connected to the stationary and rnovaole portions of the camera, maintain the end C of the tube always in close contact with ihe elastic bands E, which lie directly upon the edges of the film to he exposed. The tube O4 and front portion C:x are moved outward against the action of the springs C5 by the rotation of the spool, the top edges of the spool A camming against the end GG of the tube. The springs return the tube tightly against the bands lying over the edges of the film upon the opposite face of the spool which is next brought opposite the lens. The focus will therefore be always the saine for any film exposed. The films are delivered into a drawer or magazine F, provided IOO end of the arm enters the slot F2, so thatl by sliding the rod F3in or out the lid maybe moved to uncover r cover the drawer F. A

guide-slot F6 for the end of the arm F5 is formedin the roof of the lower compartment of the camera. vided for the lid in the sides of the camera C. A blade-spring F7, fixed at one end to a block F3, projects into the path of the arm F5, so that the latter when drawn back is pressed over by the spring'and turns about the axis ing into the drawer or magazine.

of the rod F3, as shown in dotted lines, Figs.

3 and 4, and passes out of engagement with the guide-slot F2 in the lid F', thereby leaving the drawer free to be withdrawn from the camera. By this construction it will be seen that the rod F3 must iirst be pulled out to cover the drawer before it is possible to remove either the drawer or the back of the camera, and the possibility of removing the drawer in an uncovered condition is thus guarded against. According to Fig. 2 the band has its end attached to a roller G, which maybe turned to roll up the band to eect the release of a iilm. A guide-plate G' is supported upon arms G2, pivoted to the sides of the camera, a guide-roller G3 being mounted in lugs formed upon the guide-plate G'. The binding and releasing band or strip passes around the roller G3 and upward to the roller G, and on its way is caused by a second guideplate G4 to pass close to an observation-aperture G5, through which marks or figures upon the band or strip, indicating the number of the film released, will be seen.- The guide-plate 'G' serves to guide the film in fall- The guideplate G4 may be hinged at one end to the side of the camera, the other end resting against a suitable stop. The guide-plate G may be turned about its pivot to be free of the magazine-lid when it is desired to withdraw the latter, and the guide-plate G1 may be turned upon its hinge in order to give free access to theinteriorof the camera when the removable back C7 is taken away.

The operation is as follows: A magazineholder`loaded in the manner described in the said application, Serial No. 56,963, is inserted through the openingin the side of the camera, the hole in the spool passing over the spindle A and the recesses A6 A7 engaging with the pins A4 A5. The front portion C3 and tube C4 are held meanwhile in a forward position until the spool has been secured in place by the replacing of the door C', which carries the other bearing B for the spindle, after which the front C3 is released, and the end C6 of the tube C9 will recede and butt against Guide-slots F9 are also prothe elastic'bands E upon the spool. AThe end of the binding and releasing band Dis then taken hold of from the back of the camera, the end C7 being removed, and is'led around the roller G3 upward past the guide-plate G4 and secured Ato the roller G. Theback O7 of the camera is thenv secured in place, thereby pressing the binding and 'releasing band D at the aperture G5 against the guide-plate G4.

Supposing now'there is a film opposite the j lens, an exposure is made, and the spool A isl In thepirst ninety' given a half-revolution. degrees of movementthetop edge of the spool, Fig. 2,- bears against the sides of the end C6 ot' the tube C4, forcing the latter outward, Y

and during the second ninety degrees of move'- ment the springs return the tube C4, so that the end bears against the elastic bands lying upon the edges of 4the unexposed lm on thel vother sidev of the spool, which has now'been 'The operations having been repeated for the whole of the lilms, a spring H inside the camera is pressed down thereby releasing a lever H', which is operated by a spring H3, Fig. 1. The movement of the lever H about its pivot serves to turn the Varm G2 about the same pivot, and so lift the guide device G3 'clear of the lid F of the magazine.

spring F7 operating tofree the arm F5 from the slot F2 in said lid. vThe back C7 of the camera is then removed 'and the drawer o'r magazine may be withdrawn. If the zigzag method described in the said application 'of packing the spool beemploy ed, then the magazine may be designed to lie in front of the spool and the band may be operated to release the films by winding onto a roller, which may also be situated in front of the spool. In this case it will be obvious that Vthe spoolneed not beyturned.

Although means are shown forrotating the spool by hand separately, it is to be understood that by constructing the binding and releasing band of material of suitable strength the spool might be rotated and the films released and delivered to the magazine merely by winding up the band upon the roller G. Also the roller G might be driven by a springmotor,which could automatically wind up the binding and releasing band whenever the spool rotated.

Instead of employing a roller G for receiving the unwound band or strip the latter might be passed through a light-tight slot in The Said lidmay 'then be closed by pulling out the rod F3, the

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the back of the camera. 'in this case thel binding and releasing band could be pulled by band, and upon a number emerging from the light-tight slot, indicating tliat a vlilm bad been released and deposited,the portion of the band last drawn ont could be simply torn off.

lf it should be desired to close the lid of the magazine for any considerable time while 'the magazine is in the camera, the rod F3, which would be in the way when drawn out to close the lid,migl1t be made in two portions hinged or coupled together, so as to permit of the rod being folded back against the camera.

Vhen the band is received upon a windingroller G, any unexposed iilms upon the spool may be eifectually covered during the removal of the drawer' by simply unwinding from G and winding a few turns back again onto the spool A.

Vhat l claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. in' a photographic camera, the combination with a film-carrying spool, of a tube carrying the lens, means for moving the tube forward, and means for returning` said tube to its normal position.

2. In a photographic camera the combination of a flat film-carrying spool, a reciprocating tube carrying the lens in operative engagement with the spool, and means for returning the tube after it has been cammed forward by the spool, substantially as set forth.

3. ln a photographic camera the combination of a flat nlm-carrying spool, a reciprocating tube carrying the lens in operative engagement with the spool, and springs connected to the tube and to the body of the camera, substantially as and for tbe purpose set forth.

et. In a photographic camera the combination of a flat film-carrying spool, a reciprocating tube carrying the lens in operative engagement with the spool, a iilm binding and releasing band around the spool, means for operating the band, and means for reciprocating the tube, substantially as set forth.

5. In a photographic camera the combination of a lat film-carrying spool provided with liexible retaining devices, a iilm binding and releasing band upon the spool, a reciprocating tube carrying the lens, means for retaining the end of the tube in contact with the flexible devices upon tire spool, and means for reciprocating the tube, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a photographic camera the combination of a flat film-carrying spool, a film binding and releasing band upon the spool, means for operating the band, liexible edge-retaining devices for the band and films, a reciprocating tube carrying tbe lens, said tube being normally in contact with the edge-retainers for the purpose described, and means for operating the tube, substantially as set forth.

7. In a photographic camera the combination of a flat film-carrying spool, means for operating the spool, a binding and releasing band upon the spool, a roller for guiding the band and a winding-roller for operating the band, flexible edge-retaining devices for the band and films, a reciprocating tube carrying the lens, said tube being normally in contact with the edge-retainers for the purpose described, and means for operating the tube, substantially as set forth.

S. In a photographic camera the combination of a liat film-carrying spool, means for operating the spool, a binding and releasing band upon the spool, a roller for guiding tbe band and a plate for guiding the tilms,a winding-roller for operating the band, flexible edge-retaining devices for the band and films, a reciprocating tube carrying the lens, said tube being normallyincontact with the edgeretainers for the purpose described,and means for operating the tube, substantially as set forth.

9. ln a photographic camera the combination of a iiat film-carrying spool, means for operating the spool, a binding and releasing band upon the spool, a roller for guiding the band and a plate for guiding the iilms,a Winding-roller for operating the band, flexible edge-retaining devices for tbe band and iilms, a reciprocating tube carrying the lens, said tube being normally in contact with the edgeretainers for the purpose described, means for operating the tube, a receptacle beneath the guide-plate for the films, a slotted cover for the receptacle, and means for engaging and automatically disengaging an arm with said slot for operating the cover, substantially as set forth.

EEVIN DREW BARTLETT.

Witnesses:

LEoNAnD E. l-IAYNns, ALBERT V. TEALE.

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